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☆ I've been feeling a little out of sorts, which has the usual result of ignoring my flist and backdating a lot. And I feel the need to apologize for that, even though I know I don't need to. So, I guess I will just state it instead. That's better.
☆ Watching the Hugo Awards discussions this weekend was interesting. I've been keeping my eye on this thing for a good deal of the year, and the end result was, I feel, probably the best one could hope for considering everything. And seeing what might have been on the ballots if the slates had not been there was definitely interesting too - and added a few things to the possible to-read list, maybe.
☆ Since I'm not actually that deeply into SF/F and related fandom/etc, there isn't much that I have an opinion on as far as who should have been on it, with one exception - I am pretty annoyed that Ursula Vernon's "Jackalope Wives" was bumped off the short story list by the slate. But then again, I'm a pretty big fan of her work, so. She wrote some commentary about that here... Apparently her story "Toad Words" was also on the nominations list - nowhere near the ballot, but still on the list, and that makes me happy. (You guys should all read Toad Words and Other Stories, released under her alias T Kingfisher. It's wonderful.)
☆ Speaking of Hugos/Worldcon, there is a small part of me that wants to go to either the Kansas City 2016 or Helsinki 2017 con. But, glancing at current projected travel plans... no way that's happening. Which is probably for the best.
☆ This morning I woke up to a positive comment on my characterization in that Redtail's Dream fic I wrote. This was really encouraging, because Hannu is a very specific kind of jerk, the kind I normally don't write, and I was feeling a little unsure about it. I have something with plot that I want to write with him soon, and knowing that I'm at least going in the right direction with him is good. ... And even better, the person who said it was someone whose writing I like. Feels good! Especially because I've been feeling a little down about my writing lately, as the stuff I've been trying to work on this past week just wasn't clicking.
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☆ Watching the Hugo Awards discussions this weekend was interesting. I've been keeping my eye on this thing for a good deal of the year, and the end result was, I feel, probably the best one could hope for considering everything. And seeing what might have been on the ballots if the slates had not been there was definitely interesting too - and added a few things to the possible to-read list, maybe.
☆ Since I'm not actually that deeply into SF/F and related fandom/etc, there isn't much that I have an opinion on as far as who should have been on it, with one exception - I am pretty annoyed that Ursula Vernon's "Jackalope Wives" was bumped off the short story list by the slate. But then again, I'm a pretty big fan of her work, so. She wrote some commentary about that here... Apparently her story "Toad Words" was also on the nominations list - nowhere near the ballot, but still on the list, and that makes me happy. (You guys should all read Toad Words and Other Stories, released under her alias T Kingfisher. It's wonderful.)
☆ Speaking of Hugos/Worldcon, there is a small part of me that wants to go to either the Kansas City 2016 or Helsinki 2017 con. But, glancing at current projected travel plans... no way that's happening. Which is probably for the best.
☆ This morning I woke up to a positive comment on my characterization in that Redtail's Dream fic I wrote. This was really encouraging, because Hannu is a very specific kind of jerk, the kind I normally don't write, and I was feeling a little unsure about it. I have something with plot that I want to write with him soon, and knowing that I'm at least going in the right direction with him is good. ... And even better, the person who said it was someone whose writing I like. Feels good! Especially because I've been feeling a little down about my writing lately, as the stuff I've been trying to work on this past week just wasn't clicking.
This entry was originally posted at http://yuuago.dreamwidth.org/3422115.html. You can comment here or at the original entry.